Walking for Brain Health: The Role of Biological Sex and Reproductive Experience on Exercise Efficacy

April 25, 2022, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Zoom
Seminar Title: Walking for Brain Health: The Role of Biological Sex and Reproductive Experience on Exercise Efficacy 

Presenter: Dr. Cindy Barha, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia 

Dr. Cindy Barha, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy at UBC, an affiliate member of the Women’s Health Research Institute, and an adjunct professor at SFU. Dr. Barha is a translational neuroscientist with training in behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary biology, epidemiology, and neuroendocrinology. Her research examines how genetics and hormone-related life events interact to alter cognitive and brain trajectories across the lifespan and to determine how these factors affect pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment efficacy in older age. Currently, Dr. Barha is examining sex differences in the effect of exercise on brain health in older adults. She is currently funded by the Alzheimer’s Association (USA) and Brain Canada.

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We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

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